CAST is a community group which formed in early 2008 from a
diverse range of FNQ residents, who are concerned that current
government transport policies seem to largely continue with 'business as usual'.
We recognise that the extraordinary challenges of climate change and peak
oil demand new and innovative approaches to transport issues.

CAST is inviting the public and state and council election candidates
to to discuss better public transport for Cairns and the use of
exisiting rail infrastructure

RAIL - we've got it, we like it, lets use it!
While we agree that Cairns bus services are totally inadequate, we note
that both the 2010 plan as well as the SCILUTS report call for the rail
from Cairns to Gordonvale to be duplicated.Yet
State Government wants to ignore those reports and the wishes of Cairns
people and keeps putting hundreds of million sof dollars only into
car-dependant highways
In the face of climate change and peak oil it should surely be obvious
to our political leaders, that we need to move as soon as possible from
roads relying on fossil fuels towards rail using renewable electricity.A Cairns Post survey showed that about 80% of respondents want trams in Cairns

CAST challenges all State Election Candidates to come and listen to the people and to
work towards developing the Cairns region as a model for
sustainability

Please
help us advertise this event by emailing your friends and/or printing
one of the below flyers and hang them up on your local noticeboard,
thanks.

In the course of our campaign CAST has identified practical transport
solutions, informed the public, organised bike-to-work rides and other
direct actions, lobbied politicians, created information sheets and made submissions to various
governments including the following: